The objective of Mario Gold Rush is pretty simple. You want to try and collect as many coins and points as possible before you run out. There are two types of coins, a red coin and a yellow coin. Yellow coins are the normal coins worth 1 coin each and count as 350 points. The Red coins are worth 2 coins each and count as 725 points. It’s really your decision as to whether or not points are more valuable than the number of coins you collect.

Thanks to http://www.dcemu.co.uk for the news.

http://homebrewheaven.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5041

News from Torch:

What does Hold+ do when the switch is enabled?

* Switches off the LCD backlight.
* Switches off the actual LCD screen.
(This is important because the backlight and actual screen are two different things. You can have an image being displayed on the screen while the backlight is switched off, such that you can see the image if you use a flashlight. You can also have the screen switched off while the backlight still illuminates the powered off screen.)
* Underclocks the CPU to 61MHz
(Sony has changed the clock speed functions such that only certain combinations of speeds work correctly. Simply trying to underclock to arbitrary values will result in the CPU simply running at the stock speed. I have verified that Hold+ successfully underclocks to 61MHz.)
* The original screen brightness and clock speed are restored when the Hold switch is released.
* Prevents the PSP from going into suspend mode if you accidently push the power switch too far when turning off Hold mode.
* Allows operation of the PSP with the display turned off, to change volume, skip songs etc.

Release notes:

Bugfix: When the PSP was left in Hold mode for longer than the idle timeout, and then you hold UP and turn off Hold, the screen used to turn on even though you were holding UP.

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=141671

Anti Tetris is a Tetris game by Mia, which might freak out some of you out there. It’s using a realistic physics engine to drop the tiles, which makes you drive nuts after a while.

This Tetris game by Mia might freak out some of you out there. It’s using a realistic physics engine to drop the tiles, which makes you drive nuts after a while.

This is a high recommended download. – Tetris the different way!

http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26045

TromUS has updated his WinShell, which is a shell application imitating the look of Windows XP.

Author homepage: http://audio.ya.com/trom_us/

http://dcemu.co.uk/winshell-v80705-released-119057.html

Homebrew Idol fans will recognize this one; Sangheili’s PSP Pileup. Visually improved over its last release, PSP Pileup 0.4 features more or less the same game play.

Thanks to Greg / http://www.psphacks.com for the news text. Thanks to http://www.portablenews.de and http://www.qj.net for the more or less (in)direct hints.

http://www.psp-hacks.com/2008/07/06/psp-pileup-04-alpha-released/

CHANGE-D is a simple application which allows you to keep a better directory structure for your programs. The game folder will be organized into two folders (Games & Apps). You can easily change between thsoe folders by just pressing one button.

Discussion: http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=142051

http://thecobra.thesmokylounge.com/

Finalburn Alpha is an emulator for MC68000/Z80 based arcade games. It’s now available for PSP in a preview version.

Thanks to MK2k ( http://www.mk2k.net ) for the news.

http://oopsware.ys168.com/

Basilisk II is an Open Source 68k Macintosh emulator.

Release notes:

Here’s test6. This one has the minor cleanup of the audio… should sound better for apps that do distinct clips instead of streaming. Major change – I got tired of looking for what was wrong with 4 bit video, so I did a hack – I convert the four bit video into 8 bit and then use the 8 bit code. Works fine. One thing this tells me – the Mac is drawing the four bit correctly, so the problem is with the GU_PSM_T4 handling. I can’t spot the problem… I’ll leave it for another time. This at least makes it where you can read the damn display so initial installs and four bit games should be usable now.

Thanks to http://www.dcemu.co.uk for the news.

http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=3741&start=270

Zack updated his engine port, which can be used to play Wolfenstein 3D and Spears of Destiny.

Due to german law we can not provide any links.